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The team is back with the Mage Wars Mondays podcast, focused all on the Straywood Beastmaster. Aaron Brosman, Community Manager and Designer and Scott Morris, VP of Business Development, along with Rick Perez from Let’s Level Up…

On the landscape of Domination, positioning is everything. Having you’re creatures in the right space to seize control of orbs is often key to winning the game. So how do you quickly move creatures across the vast distances from one side of the board to the other? The go-to answer is…

Weapons presented an interesting hurdle when designing Academy. Did we want them to be balanced only for the lower level Academy Mages? Did we want their usefulness to be completely tied up in their special abilities? Were we okay printing a card that would probably…

As many of you know we, as a company, try to be direct and as forthcoming with our fans as we can be. It is with that knowledge, and a heavy heart, that we must announce today that Battlegrounds Domination is unfortunately being delayed…

Across the four games of Battlegrounds Domination I played with fans at Origins this year, there was one spellbook, of the four I planned, that didn’t get used. Now, each time we’d prepare for a game I’d randomly select my spellbook…

When Bryan first showed me his original prototype of Mage Wars Academy I was very excited. In fact all of us at Arcane Wonders were. We sat in a pizza place in the middle of Madison, WI and played 3 games over the course of and hour’s lunch and we all knew…

It’s been a bit (mostly due to hectic travel for Aaron and Scott) but Mage Wars Mondays is back and boy do we have a fun episode for you! Chock full of Battlegrounds Domination, Academy, and a super sweet contest…

Last week at Dice Tower Con a few Mage Wars Arena players got to peak through the suggested spellbooks for the upcoming Mage Wars Academy. The response was tremendous! They were excited both for this new format and for taking these cards into…

It has been a whirlwind of activity here at Arcane Wonders since Origins ended, almost two weeks ago. We’ve been in a flurry preparing for Dice Tower Con and Gen Con, as well as recovering from Origins, personally my favorite show of the year. But by now I’m sure my love of…

Amidst all the excitement coming from Origins with Sheriff of Nottingham winning the Board Game of the Year award and the pre-release of Mage Wars Battlegrounds Domination, several players had the opportunity to experience a whole new way to duel with our play sessions of Mage Wars Academy…

At Origins, players will have the chance to see Battlegrounds in person, and, some will play against Aaron Brosman, our community manager and designer! He’s excited about this… how excited? He just spoiled one of the “big” cards in the set for you to enjoy!